Theater and Political Process

Staging Identities in Tokelau and New Zealand
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-1-57181-583-5
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

The Argonauts in the Pacific, famous through Malinowski's work, have not been exempt from general historical developments in the world around them. By focusing on two plays performed by the Tokelau Te Ata, a theater group, the author reveals the self-perceptions of the Tokelau and highlights the dynamic relationship between issues of representation and political processes such as nation building, infrastructural changes and increased regional migration. It is through an analysis of communicative practices, which the author carried out in the home atolls and in the diasporic communities in New Zealand, that we arrive at a proper understanding of how global processes affect local institutions and everyday interaction.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hoëm, Ingjerd

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatergeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. Staging Identities

Chapter 2. Political Activism: New Media and Arenas of Leadership

Chapter 3. Learning a Sense of Place

Chapter 4. A Sense of Place in Narrative

Chapter 5. Social Spaces

Epilogue

Appendix

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Hoëm, Ingjerd
Ingjerd Hoëm is Head of the Institute for Pacific Archaeology and Cultural History, Kon-Tiki Museum.